Explore 603 historical events from 1830–1839.
Ernst Heinrich Gustav Laas was a German gymnasium teacher, philosopher of positivism and education, and chair of philosophy and pedagogy at the University of Strasbourg. The insigh…
Ernst Laas, German philosopher and academic (died 1885)
Paul Charles Morphy was an American chess player. During his brief career in the late 1850s, Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master. Later commentators have c…
Paul Morphy, American chess player (died 1884)
Ernst Moritz Theodor Ziller was a German-born university teacher and architect who later became a Greek national. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he was a major designer…
Ernst Ziller, German-Greek architect, designed the Presidential Mansion (died 1923)
Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar (Konkani: [raːmkɾuʂɳ ɡopaːɭ bʱaːɳɖaːɾkɑɾ], Marathi: [raːməkɾuʂɳə ɡoːpaːɭ bʱaːɳɖaːɾkəɾ] was an Indian scholar, orientalist, and social reformer.
R. G. Bhandarkar, Indian orientalist and scholar (died 1925)
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who served in the federal Cabinet and also as the sixth premier of Quebec.
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th Secretary of State for Canada (died 1886)
Vasil Levski, born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, was a Bulgarian revolutionary who is, today, a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised…
Vasil Levski, Bulgarian priest and activist (died 1873)
William Clarke Quantrill was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War.
William Quantrill, American captain (died 1865)
Julien Reverchon was a French botanist and naturalist.
Julien Reverchon, French botanist (died 1905)
Marie François Sadi Carnot was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.
Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1894)
Clément François Théodore Dubois was a French Romantic composer, organist and pedagogue.
Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (died 1924)
Francis, Duke of Teck, known as Count Francis von Hohenstein until 1863, was an Austrian-born nobleman who married into the British royal family. His wife, Princess Mary Adelaide o…
Francis von Hohenstein, duke of Teck (died 1900)
Louis IV was the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until his death in 1892. Through his marriage to Queen Victoria's second daughter Alice, he was connected to the…
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (died 1892)
Nikolai Vasilievich Bugaev was a Russian mathematician, the father of Andrei Bely.
Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (died 1903)
Dom Pedro V, nicknamed "the Hopeful", was King of Portugal from 1853 until his death in 1861.
Pedro V of Portugal (died 1861)
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos was a Portuguese Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa.
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (died 1880)
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and President of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were b…
Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (died 1885)
Sir Auguste-Réal Angers was a Canadian judge and parliamentarian, holding seats both as a member of the House of Commons of Canada, and as a Senator. He was born in 1837 probably i…
Auguste-Réal Angers, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1919)
Francis Wayland Parker was a pioneer of the progressive school movement in the United States. He believed that education should include the complete development of an individual — …
Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic (died 1902)
Robert Gould Shaw was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into an abolitionist family from the Boston upper class, he accepted command of the …
Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (died 1863)
Moritz Kaposi was a physician and dermatologist from the Austro-Hungarian Empire who discovered the skin tumor that received his name.
Moritz Kaposi, Hungarian dermatologist (died 1902)
Alexander Dmitriyevich Balashov was a Russian general and statesman.
Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (born 1770)
William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded…
William IV of the United Kingdom (born 1765)
Vincenzo Maria Borg, also known by his nickname Brared, was a Maltese merchant who was one of the main insurgent leaders during the French blockade of 1798–1800. He was a lieutenan…
Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (born 1777)
Robert Clark was a medical doctor and politician. He served in the New York State Assembly and one term as United States Representative from New York. With his family, he moved to …
Robert Clark, American politician (born 1777)